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I've been using Dominator Zoom lime universal wax for a while now and I have been very happy with it. However I came across the
DataWax equivalent
the other day. Has anyone compared the two? Any thoughts?
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Have to say I’ve always used DataWax, the other one is twice the price and I’m all for supporting British Brands. The DataWax universal wax lasts a long time and has loads of good reviews online.
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It looks to be a low fluro wax so may have adhesion issues if you use Colltex Clariden skins. They make a non fluro back country version though.
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Datawax Universal works fine for me. I use their non-fluoro version on my touring skis and that works well too.
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Data wax would last myself 3 days then glide would subside so I would NEED too grab another waxed board or rewax .
I used a 1000w iron with the topsheet getting warm so penetration was good but only waxed/scraped once as time was a factor in resort with little workshop facilitys.
This was using the data wax on a large quiver over 69 days which were mostly powder days ..aprox 50 .
So the data wax was used religously in powder I also did a few of my boards for others to use
I read about Dom Zoom from Jons posts/piste office info etc ...soon as the Data wax supply runs out I will try the Dom Zoom as it "sounds like it will last longer" although is more costly .
Not sure what the cost difference is....... but over months I would probably just use both until I found out exactly how it benefitted when and where .
Over only a week or two per season then Id use Dom Zoom based on Jons info which I assume would be accurate.
He is probably the best person to ask when detail like this matters .
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Zoom is my go to wax, I put the wax on, let it cool a little then use the iron to remelt it so that it really penetrates the base, let it cool again then repeat a few times. I find that I can get a couple of weeks before I feel the need to wax again. It's worked fine for me from -20C to hot spring skiing.
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